§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many(a) MOD staff and (b) non-military staff have been involved in deployments to (i) Estonia, (ii) Lithuania and (iii) Latvia in the last three years; at what cost; and if he will make a statement; [36940]
(2) how many (a) MOD staff and (b) non-military MOD staff have been involved in deployments to (i) Albania, (ii) Romania and (iii) Slovenia in the last three years; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. [37121]
§ Mr. IngramNumbers of military and Ministry of Defence civilian personnel deployed to Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia, Albania and Romania during the last three years are given in the table. The figures for 1999–2000 and 2000–01 were previously published in MOD Performance Reports (Cm5000 Annexe G and Cm5920 Annexe H). They include members of visiting training and advisory teams and resident in-country advisers. The costs shown are approximate.
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Military Cost £000 Civilian Cost £000 1999–2000 Estonia 13 87 1 18 Lithuania 21 230 1 72 Latvia 19 121 1 36 Slovenia — — — — Albania — — — — Romania 6 404 1 72 2000–01 Estonia 10 72 — — Lithuania 12 250 1 75 Latvia 13 116 1 75 Slovenia — — 1 75 Albania — — — — Romania 2 230 1 75 2001–02 Estonia 17 213 — — Lithuania 22 108 2 80 Latvia 23 107 4 84 Slovenia 1 2.5 2 80 Albania — — — — Romania 2 240 1 78 These deployments form part of the Outreach programme in central and eastern Europe which, in turn, is part of the wider Defence Diplomacy mission. Outreach contributes to international stability by assisting countries in the region to establish democratically accountable, cost-effective armed forces capable of contributing both to national and regional security and, increasingly, to international security through participation in peace support operations.
Not all personnel taking part in Outreach activities are captured in the annually published figures. The inclusion of personnel engaged in one-off, short duration activities would distort the overall picture.
There are Defence Attaches in the British embassies in Latvia, Lithuania, Albania, Slovenia and Romania, each of which has a military assistant. They are not included in the statistics as their role is diplomatic, facilitating military assistance rather than providing it directly.